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Solar installations in Effingham County, IL

315 recorded installations in Effingham County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
2.1%
of 15,336 homes
Installations
315
Total capacity
10.2 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
14%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 86 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 366% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Effingham County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2015
1
10.01%
2016
5
60.04%
2017
5
110.07%
2018
2
130.09%
2019
11
240.16%
2020
41
650.42%
2021
32
970.63%
2022
20
1170.76%
2023
32
1490.97%
2024
72
2211.44%
2025
74
2951.92%
2026
12
3072.00%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Effingham County?

PanelCensus records 315 solar installations in Effingham County, Illinois (10.2 MW of capacity) — about 2.1% of the county's 15,336 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Illinois's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Effingham County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Effingham County?

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.